Max elb



M. ELB.

(No Model.)

BOX IRON.

No. 545,784. Patsnted Sept. 3, 1895.

MAX ELB, `or DRESDEN, GERMANY.

BOX-l RON.

SLEECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,784, dated September 3, 1895.

Application led September 8, 1894. Serial No. 522,510. (No model.) Patented in Germany November 1, 1893, No. 75,749 in England December 1, 1893,'N0. 2,309 i in France February 20, 1894, No. 236,438; in Switzerland February 22, 1894, No. 8,261; in Sweden March 12, 1894, and in Austriadungary March 26, 1894. l

To @ZZ whom tV may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX ELB, a subject of the King of Saxony, residing at Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony, in the German Einplre, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in B0X-Irons, (for which I have obtained patents in Germany, No. 75,749, tiled November l, 1893; in Great Britain, No. 23,098, filed December 1, 1893; in Switzerland, No. 8,261, filed February 22, 1894; in France, No. 286,438, led February 20, 1894; in Sweden, led March l2, 1894, and in Austria-Hungary, filed March 26, 1894,) of which the following is a specification.v

This invention relates to a hollow box-iron, which is adapted to be heated by means of solid glowing fuel, such as charcoal or other similar combustible material, more especially in the form of briquettes or blocks of compressed fuel. This improved iron diders from the well-known box-iron in general use by reason of the following characteristics: The upper part is constructed as a hollow shell rounded in form, which is connected to a flat lower part by a hinge. The' bell shape of this upper part enables ilounces, frills, ribbons, and the like to be luted and goffered. A special arrangement ofash-tray circumscribed by a number of tapering studs surrounds the central portion of the heating-area, the air-feed arrangement being in the form of an open channel or space on the bottom plate orsole of the iron. A special inode of heating and a wedge devicefor closing the box-iron are also employed.

The accompanying drawings show the improved boX-iron.

Figure l is a side view, the front portion of the shell broken away so as to show the point of the iron in section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the iron when open. Fig. 3 is a View of the bottom part, seen from above. Fig.'4 is a back view, and Fig. 5 a cross-section.

On a flat hollow base a is seated an upper part or shell b, hinged to the former, whereby it is capable of being turned on a bolt d passing through eyes in two lugs cast on the base a. The said upper part b is formed of a bellshaped shell and provided with a suitable handle, and the openings e in the shell, through which thebolt or pivot d passes, are flattened or made oval, so as to give a certain amount of .play to the said upper part b and allowing it to slide to and fro on the base a. As the base is slightly the larger, the top b in the closed state will not rest upon the outer margin of the based, but upon the studsf, which are trapezoidal in sectionand taper upward, arranged at regular intervals apart and at a regular distance away from the outside rim of this part, and surround the interior heating-space, so as to prevent the fuel from falling out without hindering the free access of air. the body of the iron, so that the air can reach it freely on all sides. This arrangement is the more advantageous because the fuel in the point of the box-iron is freely played upon by the air and brought to a glowing heat: at the point where heat is most wanted. Openings 0 in the upper shell give vent to the hot air.

The open channel or space between the Wall of the base a and the studs f serves as an ashpan and provides so large an area for that purpose that the improved box-iron may be in use for several hours without the ash-pan becoming so choked with ashes as to interfere with the air-supply and necessitate emptying. The floor of the same is formed to slope inward all round, Fig. 5, to facilitate the removal of the ashes, which, when the iron is closed, can readily be effected by laying the iron down on its side. Further, also,this arrangement has the advantage of preventing, even with the most unskillful handling, all risk of `the linen, dac., being soiled in the laundry by the falling out of small cinders,

ashes, and dust. Moreover the bosses fr on the door of the improved box-iron are so arn ranged that those ranged toward the outside of the central heating-space are higher` than those ranged near the center, for which reason the heated fuel stands askew with an inward inclination which obviates all difficulty in. closing the iron. At the same time the bell-shaped shell b of the upper part, when closed down on the outer edge of the studsf, tends to press any loose particles of glowing fuel inward. On the bottom surface of the central heating-space also a curvilinear rib Z Thus the glowing block of fuel lies in incloses a hollow or basin g, which for heating purposes, serves to hold spirit Whilethe perforated bed-plate h may be utilized to receive the fuel, its front edge being slipped over the.

pivot dof the bell-shaped top and the handle being laid on the point of the base ct, Fig. 2. In this way the heating of the box-iron can be attended to with certainty and celerity, the fuel being held up above the spirit and in position to be ignited therefrom.

The-base or body a of the box-iron is provided with a sharp cone-shaped point and is rounded off at the edge behind for use as a glazing-iron.

As a closing device to secure the connection of the bellshaped top b with the base or body a, a lever-handle i is arranged to turn on a pivot Xed to the back A of the base a. This lever-handle slides on a wedge-shaped block 7a, fixed to the back plate of the top b, causing a forward displacement, whereby the nose n is made to engage in a notch inthe base a, establishing the rm connection of the parts, so as to prevent the lifting or turning back of the bell-shaped top Z9.

I claim- 1. In a hollow box iron, the combination with the movable cover or top section having the handle thereon, of the base section having the pressing surface on the bottom, the series of upwardly extending lugs or fingers upon the ends of which the edge of the top section rests and the upwardly extending im'- perforate walls outside of the projections or fingers of greater diameter than the diameter of the top section leaving a peripheral air l space down around the edge of the top section and fingers; substantially as described.

2. In a hollow box iron, the combination with the hollow base section having the centrally located rim or projection in the bottom thereof to form a receptacle for spirits, and the removable perforated fuel plate supported on the top of the base section, of the hollow ordomed topvsection hinged to the base section and overlying the perforated plate for covering the fuel on the perforated plate and a peripheral air inlet around the top section; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

MAX ELU. Vitnesscs:

RUD. SCHMIDT, ALFRED Il. CLARKE. 

